Vice President, Operations

3 weeks ago

South Bend, Indiana, United States Career Transitions Full time
Vice President, Operations

Full-Time

South Bend, IN

Compensation DOE: Up to $220K

Contact Dan Witters for more details.Hiring a hands-on Vice President, Operations to take a leadership role in the building, launch, and day-to-day operations of a growing and well-respected diversified manufactured product offering.

Reporting to an Executive Vice President & General Manager, the Vice President of Operations is responsible for ensuring effective planning and execution across the business unit, including continuous operational tracking and reporting. The ideal candidate has a demonstrated history in building and managing facilities, manufacturing operations, and organizations, in executing complex tasks and projects of scale. Vice President, Operations Specific Responsibilities:
  • Work closely with the leadership team to define, build, and ensure the effective and efficient day-to-day operations of all parts of the organization.
  • Manage the manufacturing organization, including operations, facilities & maintenance, quality systems, QA/QC, process engineering, and scheduling & planning.
  • Own supplier-management relationships with customers, ensuring customer needs are understood and strategically executed throughout the organization.
  • Design and maintain dashboards to track schedule, milestones, and other key performance indicators (KPIs) for the manufacturing operation, capital projects, and the overall business unit.
  • Lead change to improve relationships, maximize productivity, and optimize cost effectiveness with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Facilitate and lead the organization through Lean Six Sigma events, incorporating value stream mapping, Kaizen events, and process mapping.
  • Measure key metrics against our internal quality standards, develop scorecards, and implement continuous improvement efforts focused on quality.
  • Support the business in adding value and reducing costs by providing excellence in procurement strategy development and implementation, supply based management, and supplier relationship management.
  • Identify avenues for external exposure and benchmarking to keep business leaders up to date with the latest operational technology and methodology.
  • Coordinate strategic planning activities with the broader business unit leadership team, build strategic plan documentation, and work with Finance to create related budgets, forecasts, and operating models.
  • Drive organizational alignment around key planning goals and manage costs to plan.
  • Work closely with EHS to ensure regulatory compliance and a safe and healthy work environment.
  • Act as a mentor across all levels of the management team, helping department leaders build our team into a world-class, low-turnover workforce that effectively communicates and collaborates.
  • Be an active leader in building a respectful, collaborative, mission-driven, unwavering culture.
  • Support coordination of key initiatives among departments, business unit leadership, and corporate support function and executive leadership.
  • Operate as the primary day-to-day support for the Executive Vice President in ensuring organizational and business execution.
Vice President Operations Qualifications: BA/BS in Engineering, Business or similar. Master's degree preferred with at least 10 plus years of progressive operational leadership roles in a high mix manufacturing environment. Other qualifications include:
  • Demonstrated capability to design, build and execute systems in a manufacturing environment.
  • Skilled in creating and delivering clear, concise executive-level briefings, presentations, and communications for internal and external communications.
  • Analytical, strategic, and structured thinker with entrepreneurial drive.
  • Proactive, resourceful, self-motivated, and possessing exemplary interpersonal skills to "meet people where they are" across all levels of a diverse organization.
  • Ability to drive action and results within a complex matrixed organization and across multiple sites.
  • A tireless work ethic, willing to do what it takes whenever it is needed to ensure success.
  • Financially literate, with a solid understanding of key financial metrics and decision-making.
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